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Orion 2003-2004
January 12, 2003 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Go to Timeline of Events and answer the following questions
1. When and where was Conan Doyle born?
2. What is the name of the first Sherlock Holmes story and when was it published?
Go to Origins of Sherlock Holmes.
3. Who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes and how did Doyle meet him?
A man is torn
between loyalty to his dying wife and the passion he feels for another woman.
This was Arthur Conan Doyle's daily struggle for almost ten years.
Go to The
Wives of Arthur Conan Doyle.
4. How did Doyle meet his wife Louise?
5. What sad events happened to Doyle in 1893?
6. Who was Jean Leckie?
7. Characterize Doyle's mother.
Conan Doyle spent the last years of his life speaking and writing about spiritualism. Go to Spirtualism.
8. Name the five members of the British Society for Physical Research, referred to under Ghostbusters.
9. Identify the author of The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle website.
10. How did Conan become a ship's surgeon? At times, his life was in danger; describe two times.
Twain's Memory Builder Game
The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
With his
wide range of interests, his impulsive imagination and his lifelong ambition
for money, Mark Twain held an assortment of jobs: steamboat captain,
journalist, lecturer, world traveller and game inventor. During the 1880s,
Twain designed and marketed the "Memory Builder Game" which focused
specifically on European royalty.
Play Mark Twain's "Memory Builder" Game , instead of using the topic of European royalty, it uses the topic of Mark Twain.
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January 14, 2003 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Go to Timeline of Events and answer the following questions
1. When and where was Conan Doyle born?
2. What is the name of the first Sherlock Holmes story and when was it published?
Go to Origins of Sherlock Holmes.
3. Who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes and how did Doyle meet him?
A man is torn
between loyalty to his dying wife and the passion he feels for another woman.
This was Arthur Conan Doyle's daily struggle for almost ten years.
Go to The
Wives of Arthur Conan Doyle.
4. How did Doyle meet his wife Louise?
5. What sad events happened to Doyle in 1893?
6. Who was Jean Leckie?
7. Characterize Doyle's mother.
Conan Doyle spent the last years of his life speaking and writing about spiritualism. Go to Spirtualism.
8. Name the five members of the British Society for Physical Research, referred to under Ghostbusters.
9. Identify the author of The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle website.
10. How did Conan become a ship's surgeon? At times, his life was in danger; describe two times.
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Put together a brochure advertising Wolf Hollow as a place to visit and learn. This project will be a three-panel brochure and should include the following: Directions to Wolf Hollow Important Information regarding Wolf Hollow (research) Any other information pertinent to gray wolves All of the three panels should be
covered with information.
Some questions to answer: How many wolves are there? What are some of their names? What is alpha male and female? What can we do to help wolves survive? Why have they become endangered? What is their place in the ecosystem? Why did the Native Americans have such respect for wolves? |
The Wild Ones Animal Index: Gray Wolf Offline Resources CD-ROM "Wolf Hollow, Ipswich, Mass."
Last Updated September 20, 2001 |